Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment to the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008

2.—(1) The Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008(3) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit article 1(2)(a).

(3) In article 5(2)(a), for “1.2” substitute “1.1”.

(4) In the table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken)—

(a)in the entry for fee 1.1, in column 1 omit “but excluding CCBC cases brought by Centre users or cases brought by Money Claim OnLine users”;

(b)omit the entire entry for fee 1.2 (but not the notes below that entry);

(c)in the notes below fee 1.2, in column 1 omit the heading “Fees 1.1 and 1.2” which appears immediately above the text which starts “Where the claimant is making a claim for interest on a specified sum of money”;

(d)in the entry for fee 1.4(b), in column 1 omit “, other than where fee 1.4(c) applies”;

(e)omit the entry for fee 1.4(c);

(f)in the entry for fee 8.1—

(i)in column 2, insert “£83”; and

(ii)omit fees 8.1(a) and (b); and

(g)in the entry for fee 8.2, in column 1 omit “and CCBC cases brought by Centre Users”.

This Order amends the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1053).

Article 2(2) removes a definition which is no longer required and article 2(3) amends a cross reference in consequence of the changes to Schedule 1.

Article 2(4) makes amendments to Schedule 1 to align certain fees by removing provisions which set a separate fee or give an exemption for processes carried out through online platforms.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ and is published with an Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on https://legislation.gov.uk.